Derry COVID-19 case rate unchanged at 72.3 cases per 100,000

Between February 17 and February 23, there were 109 confirmed positive cases of the virus in the district giving a seven day rate per 100,000 of 72.3, the same as yesterday.

Derry/Strabane is still recording the fifth lowest coronavirus rate in the north. The lowest rates are in Fermanagh and Omagh (46.2), Newry, Mourne and Down (62.2), Causeway Coast and Glens (63.8) and Ards and North Down (64).

Three more admissions to Altnagelvin with 0.30% capacity left in system

Rates are higher in Mid Ulster (150.5), Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (130.6), Mid and East Antrim (127.7), Belfast (119.9), Lisburn and Castlereagh (98.5) and Antrim and Newtownabbey (77.1).

The daily change in the cumulative number of patients with a positive test in Derry and Strabane between February 22 and February 23 was 19.

In total 11,100 people have now tested positive for the illness in Derry and Strabane.

Death of woman in Derry/Strabane brings COVID-19 death toll to 131